Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon C for $300 Windows laptops

Laptops with Qualcomm Snapdragon X, such as the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3X ($518 on Amazon), are already similarly affordable to the Apple MacBook Neo. The brand new Qualcomm Snapdragon C should allow manufacturers of Windows laptops to offer much cheaper notebooks. Qualcomm is talking about prices starting at around $300, but as no laptop manufacturer has yet announced the price of a device based on this chip, it remains to be seen whether this price is actually realistic.

The first Snapdragon C ARM laptops are expected to be unveiled at Computex next week. Qualcomm has not yet confirmed any details about the chip's features, but the announced laptop price suggests that the chip will be significantly slower than the Snapdragon X. Qualcomm is advertising the Snapdragon C primarily for students, families and office workers. The processor is equipped with an AI accelerator, but Qualcomm does not provide any information on the performance of this NPU, so it is unclear whether the chip supports Microsoft Copilot+ features.

Unsurprisingly, the Qualcomm Snapdragon C is said to be energy-efficient and thus enable a long battery life. The Acer Aspire Go 15 is one of the first laptops to use the new Snapdragon C. The device is equipped with 8 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD, but it is not yet known whether the Snapdragon C will also be offered with more RAM. However, in view of the DRAM crisis and rising RAM costs, it can be assumed that laptops with 16 GB RAM will cost far more than the advertised $300.